Explorers

I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?

• To serarch for gold and riches
• To make friends with the Native Americans
• To spread their religion
• The explorerers want to become famous.

Christopher Columbus sailed for Italy.

• True
• False

_________________ claimed the eastern shores of Canada for England.

• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Vasco Nunez Balboa
• Jacques Cartier

What was the main accomplishment of exploration?

• The discovery of new lands
• Riches and valuable gold
• Natural resources like large forest and fish
• Learning to grow crops from Native Americans

When did Christopher Columbus make his first voyage to America

• !$(@
• 1492
• 1593
• 1234

What are the 3 G's?

• Gold, Glory, God
• Gold, Good, Glamour 
• Tripple G the Boxer
• Gold, Grains, Grit

Since Columbus believed he made it to Asia, he called the natives ___.

• Asians
• Indians
• Native Americans
• Barbarians

The ___ Exchange was when people, ideas, and products were brought from the old world to the new world and the new world to the old world.

• Asian
• Columbian
• European

Magellan's crew circumnavigated the globe and gave Spain an all-water route to China.

• True
• False